Packing liner



June 11, 1935. w EA 2,004,315

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1 will cause the entire basket of fruitsorfa major Figure'I-isa view ofanother Inodified forth of a h byconvenientlyshippedand also stored in asmall Figure 12 is a sectional view through the liner Patented June 111935 I u f moxme LINER A William Fean, columbus johio; "assignor Atol 1Thomas R.- McDonald;Columbus iohio 'Applicajtion Aug'ust 29; 1932,Serial No. 630,917, W I Claim. '(orz yel I u p t This invention relatesto liners of the type used. Figure 3'is a sectional view taken throughthe n Pack ng iruit, vegetables and the'like' in liner shown in Figure2; V a oontainerssuch as a bushel basket in order to Figure 4 is ajviewoff a modified form of blank prevent the fruit from contacting withwalls of or strip;- v r the basket and. becoming bruised or theskintorn. Figure'51 isa perspective view of a liner formed. 5 i

It is well known that if fruit such as apples or m t pfi own in Figu 7 pache become bruised or the skin torn-decay Figure 6 is a sectional Viewthrough the liner will set in and a few damaged fruitina basket S w inFigure I l po t 0fteflquiek1yspoil. 'I'herefore, one strip; M i i e vobject of the invention is'to provide a liner which Figure 8 1s aperspective viewof a liner formed when in use will fit-elose y a ainstwalls of a i from the strip shown iri Fig'ure 'i; 1 basket and will notbe liable to be torn during FigureQ is a'sectionalview takenfthroughthepaeking of the fruit or. by pressure exerted. n r I W Figure Flinerwhichmay be formed. from a strip of strong m WhiCh a lin r maybeforifned; paperor similar papenlthe strips being initially Fi u i's ap sp tive w e -a-l d flat in or r l ybe stacked andLhere from t stripshown in Figure :10;

space." V g i 1 V shownin Figure'l'l;

Another object ofthe invention tisfto'so'forrn "jf r 13 i a f a me yecti i w the sheetithat when end portions ofj axshe t a e illustratingthe manner in which tongues at one united, a liner f a i t frustoibhicflend of the strip'shown inflFigure '10 are passed shape will be formed,therebypermitting theliner th o h t s ots i the other end of the t tofitproprly With n a fruit basket in rolose con-1 striptwhen forming theliner; and l l tacting "engagement th itswana g Figure .14 isasectionalview through theliner'.

u A stillafurther object. of: the v invention is to taken ens lineIll-l4 of Figure? 11-v proyidelfawliiner Stripflhavjng n -mf h r The.liner constituting the subject matter of formed with companion l t andtd g -j thisinvention serves as aliner for a fruit'basket U beseparatedby pressure exerted whenthelinei "1 firsts P t b "01:71 O h F-I P is fillectwithifruit in aninverted position "and. a and a layer o tPlaced 1n thls base 3 -my :invention consists in :the novel features ofclaim.

means 0f;Whi0h nds of a strip .mayb fl yf n which? peaches, pearsgapples or other easily:

e asilyt'andquicklyQunitedtd form a ii erf f damaged fruit orvegetables. are to be packed. the overlapped ends or} the. stripfirmly.held in W n gk fruit a base such as shown in my engagement withe'achother'and not be liable 'tof Prim Patent "154L073! issued August 30thform removedfin order .topermit a' basket toibe e i "Afimtoiconicaumeris thenlset applje d to' the filled 11mm I in place upon the basetogether with a frust0- sun another object. of the invention residesY Ph fits about the minlpreviding adevicewhi'eh simple and durable after ifmlt pqured i form 1mm inconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture and h1S P Y fi f one. which willbe very effieientin Operation and T1181 pm 5then wlthdra'wn' and basket abutment, use. v L 5g? v gv he filled b g gs? are l en urne rom an lnver e 13031 101']. man With theseandnumerous'other obJects 1n=v ew,- upright position and the has;removed a cover set in' place and secured. At the present time, it iscustomary to formliners of'pa'per or other similar paper having'itsendssecured and l the ends of the paper strip 'are either releasably' v. v isecured in order to permitthe liner to expand" In fh f P m m a partafter thebasket has been expanded" and turned of this e f ev n 7 5 toanupri'ght' positionl 'and the base' 'removecl F tl 1 i 9 a blank Stripfrom Which or the liner is formedfof paper which'will be a linjerof theimp ov d c l ni d; torn by the weight-and pressure 10f the fruit Figure2, s a persp tiv vi w f a liner ljqrinedi when the basket is upright,This has been found 7 construction, combination and arrangement ofpartsaswillbehereinafter referred'to and. more particularly pointed outin the specificationancl fro'm-"the' strip shown in Figural; 1 e Vundesirableastdm pl s i a p p lining Will Anotheriobjedt Of h nventionis to provide a, Figure 10 is a view of a further form of strip 15 lpermit fruit to contact with walls of the basket and if ends of thestrip are released, they are liable to move too far apart and permitcontact of fruit with the Walls of the basket.

In order to overcome the objections noted above, the liner formed inaccordance with this invention consists of a strip of paper sufficientlystrong to prevent tearing both during the intervals when a shaper isremoved and a basket applied and also after the basket hasbeen turned toan upright position and ends of the strip are united in such a mannerthat they will not be I liable to come apart. The strip I shown inFigure l is arcuate in shape and hasone end portion. cut to form slots 2spaced from each other transversely of the strip. Adjacent itsother'e'nd, the strip is cut from its arcuate side edges as shown at 3to form transversely extending. tongues 4. The strip is bent to disposeits. end portions in overlapping relation to each' other and therebydefine a frusto-coni cal liner 5 and by passing the tongues 4 throughthe slots 2, the ends of the strip will be firmlysecured in overlappedrelation to each other. tongues extending inwardly through the. slits,

there will be no danger of the tongues. being caught and torn off whenashaper or basket is set in place. easily. set in place upon a base andwhen a form is removed after being filled in order to apply a basket,there will be no danger of ends of the strip coming apart and allowingthe fruit to spill. As the strip-is formed of tough paper havingsufficient strength to Withstand pressure exerted by fruit poured intothe liner and shaper, there will be no danger of the linerv being tornwhen the shaper is removed and a basket is applied and after the filledbasket and base have been turned from an inverted to. an uprightposition, the pressureexerted by the fruit will not tear the paper. orcause ends of the liner to spread apart and permit fruit to contact withthe rough sides of the basket and become darnaged.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6,the liner. 6. is formed from a strip of tough paper 1. which is arcuatelongitudinally and conforms to the general shape of I the strip shown inFigure 1., except that the slots 8 extend transversely of the strip.adjacent one end instead of longitudinally thereof and the other end ofthe strip instead. of being cut to form tongues extending transverselyof the strip, is provided with tongues 9. extending from the end of thestrip. f

By referring. to Figure 4, it will be seen that the tongues 23 projectdiagonally from the body portion of the strip and each is cut at its.junction with the strip to form a bill H1. By this arrangement, thetongues 9 may be slid through the slots 3 in the opposite end portion ofthe strip and after the tongues have been passed through the slotsfiendportions of,v the strip moved transversely of each other'to bring thebill into interlocking engagement with the. strip at lower ends of theslot. Therefore. end portions, of'the strip will be retained inoverlapped engagementwith each other and strain exerted longitudinallyof the strip or in other words circumferentiallyof the.

liner will not cause the tongues to slip outwardly through the slot, andendsof the strip cannot move out of engagement with each other.

In Figures 7, 8 and 9; there has been shown another modifiedconstruction wherein the liner i l is formed from a strip 12 of tough P119 311 which By having the V A liner so constructed may be very isarcuate longitudinally and has one end portion cut to form a slot I3 andtongue M, the slot l3 extending longitudinally of the strip near itslower edge and the tongue l4 extending transversely of the strip andbeing formed by a slit I5 cut from the upper edge of the strip. At itsopposite end, the strip is cut as shown at it to form a tongue I!extending transversely of the strip and between the slit l6 and upperedge of the strip, a slot 18 is formed which extends longitudinally ofthe strip. By this arrangement, the end portions of the strip may bedisposed in overlapping relation to each other with the tongue .l4extending upwardly and outwardly through the slit I8 and the tongue I!projected inwardly and upwardly through the slit l3. This constructionand arrangement of partspermits end portions, of'the strip to be easilyand quickly united and when so united, they will be firmly held in"engagement with each other and prevented from working loose.

The liner l9 illustrated in Figure 10, through 14., is also formed froman arcuate strip?!) of tough paper or other suitable paper. At one end,the, strip is cut to form transversely extending slots 2.! and adjacentits other end the strip is cut to form tongues 22 extendinglongitudinally ofthe strip in spaced relation to each other transverselythereof. These tongues face the end of the strip and are of such widththat they maybe passed inwardly through the slots 2|. In

view of the fact that the tongues extend longitudinallyl'of the stripand may be bent at any point, end portions of the strip may besufiicient- 1y. overlapped to. form a-liner of predetermined diameterand the tongues then passed through the slots as shown in Figure 13 andthen folded I each other.

Fromthe, foregoing description of the construction of my improveddevice, the application thereof to, use will be. readily understood. Itwill be seen, that I have provided a simple, inexpensive andefiicientmeans for'carryingjout the objects of the invention and while Ihave particularly described the elements best adapted to perform thefunctions set forth, it is obvious. that various changes in form,proportion and in the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to,without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principlesof the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: j

A liner for a basket comprising a strip of ma terial bent to dispose itsend portions in overlapped relation toeac h other and form an open endedliner of a diameter to fit within a basket in close proximity to wallsthereof, one end portion of said strip beingformed with a longitudinallyextending slot adjacent its lower edge, the said end portion ofthe'strip being slit downwardly from its upper edge'in spaced relationtion ofthe strip. being formedwith a longitudi nally extending slotspaced from the upper edge of the strip a distance corresponding to thedepth 75 2,004,315 of said tongue, the lower portion of the lastmentioned end portion of the strip being slit'longitudinally from theend edge of the strip and then downwardly to form a tongue having itsattached through the slot of the first mentioned end portion of thestrip and the tongue of the first mentioned end portionof the stripbeing passed outwardly and upwardly through the slot of the secondmentioned end portion of the strip.

' WILLIAM FEAN.

the strip being passed inwardly and upwardly

